Fruit-flavored superweapon
Evil Mad Scientists on sci-fi fruit modding: One cantaloupe, a knife, and five minutes. Your very own (and very tasty) planet-killing superweapon. “That’s no melon!”
Kids & Family
David Carter pop-ups
David Carter is the author of many silly pop-up books for kids – he also wrote The Elements of Pop-ups, a book about the construction and mechanics of pop-ups. He’s put together a page of movies and PDF dies showing how to make your own pop-ups.
Cookie Monster Baby Booties
Craftster crazydavises made these Cookie Monster baby booties from a thrifted sweater, thrifted socks and quilting cotton for a Craftster challenge. I am not sure they look quite like Cookie Monster, but I love them anyway.
HOW TO – Make a Play Tent
Sew, Mama, Sew! shows us how to create this quick and simple summertime play tent for the kidlets, perfect for spending hours of fun on the lawn.
Tilted Twister solves Rubik’s cubes
Jason over at Haqckszine found the Tilted Twister, a LEGO NXT robot that can solve a Rubik’s Cube without the help of a PC. It’s really impressive to watch! Just place the scrambled cube on Tilted Twister’s turntable. An ultrasonic sensor detects its presence and starts to read the colors of the cube faces using […]
Sock Monkey with Attitude
Disco smurf’s sock monkey caught my eye with his sock monkey attitude. He is an infant-proof version made from a free pattern over at Craftbits. Found in in the CRAFT Flickr pool.
Taipei 101 damper movement during earthquake
Phuaalvin happened to be visiting the Taipei 101 on May 12, when the Great Sichuan Earthquake occurred. It must have been terrifying to see that damper moving like that; according to Wikipedia, the damper weighs 660 metric tons, and is suspended from the 92nd to the 88th floor. A tuned mass damper is designed to […]